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15th Annual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival Returns For Another Exciting Weekend

More than 110 entries will churn up the waters of Marine Stadium Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31, in the 15th Annual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival. Entries include teams from China, Canada, Macao, the U.S. Midwest and East Coast and 25 collegiate teams – including the University of California, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine and UC [...]

Friends of Colorado Lagoon rally public support leading up to August 11 meeting

On July 1 the City of Long Beach released a study looking at the connection between Marine Stadium and the Colorado Lagoon and the possible ways to improve that connection. Moffat & Nichol, the city’s engineering consultant who put the study together, developed four alternatives with an additional alternative, 4A, which was requested by resource agencies. [...]

Week of August 2nd-8th 100 Days of Summer

100 Days of Summer Continues! Participate in these great events this week and have free or low cost fun with your family and friends: Visit the 100 Days of Summer website for more information. August 2 Free Movie: “Aliens in the Attic” 8 p.m. 14th Street Park

2010 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival presents colorful races in Marine Stadium

The 14th Annual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival – featuring 180 teams from around the world – will churn up the waters of Marine Stadium in Long Beach Saturday and Sunday, July 31-August 1. Each entry features 18-20 paddlers in brightly-decorated canoes with dragon heads and tails. The colorful boats race through the water while [...]

Anarchy in The Garden to offer free live workshops at Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival

Master Gardener Adriana Martinez author of the slightly subversive always entertaining urban gardening blog Anarchy in the Garden launches further into the backyard farming foray with a start up business designed to encourage environmental stewardship and promote healthy lifestyles. Anarchy in the Garden home edition will offer affordable professionally built custom raised beds and expert [...]

Wrigley Garden creates affordable delicacies from home-grown produce

Fresh, delicious hand-crafted seasonal jams, preserves, pickles, relishes, sauces and more created by the Wrigley Garden are now available at several locations. Made in small batches from local ingredients, products currently include strawberry jelly, lemon curd, orange-ginger marmalade, rosemary-lemon butter, honey wine jelly and strawberry rhubarb jam and will change with the seasons. Local baker [...]

Long Beach Bikeway Route 10: Loma, Broadway, Nieto, Eliot, Loynes

I set out on a bright, breezy Tuesday to track down Long Beach Bikeway Route 10. I had in hand various reports and sightings of Route 10 that had it slithering through Colorado Lagoon, Belmont Heights, and along Broadway. One of these reports included a confirmed sighting of a ‘Begin’ sign on Loma Ave at [...]

Culinary Coach helps families return to cooking at home

Celebrity Chef and anti-obesity activist Jamie Oliver was recently given the opportunity to make one wish to change the world as the 2010 TED prizewinner.  That wish?  “I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight [...]

Termino Avenue Storm Drain Project breaks ground

The long-anticipated Termino Avenue Storm Drain Project broke ground September 30, 2009. The mood was one of elation and relief as residents and local elected officials marked the arrival of a $22.6 million storm drain project in Long Beach. After years of planning and numerous public meetings, the flood relief that had been just a [...]

Interfaith Blessing of the Animals will host pet fair and contests

The second largest Pet Blessing in the United States will take place in Long Beach on St. Francis Day, Saturday, October 3 at noon. The Interfaith Blessing of the Animals presented by Haute Dogs, Justin Rudd and Councilman Gary DeLong is free to the public and their pets. Seniors, families, singles, and children, are encouraged to bring their dogs, cats, birds, lizards, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, fish, tortoises and turtles and other well-behaved pets.

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